Half to jane halliwbll



(No Model.) I Q J. S.'SA-OKETT.

GOBD ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES.

No. 295,055. Patented Mar. 11, 1884.

, the cord b, the doubled fabric around the cord; 3

. edge of the part (2 will lie close to the cord UNITE STATES JOSEPH S.SAOKET'T, OF NEW' HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGXOR OF ONE- HALF TO JANEHALLIWELL, OF SAME PLACE.

jCO RD ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,055, dated March11, 1884. Application filed September 10, 1883. (No model.)

folder B is attached. This folder is a doubled strip of metal, forming atube-like recess, 0, at the doubled edge, from which wings or flaps fextend in a horizontal plane, but distant from each other less than thediameter of the tubu- To all 2071 0212. it ma concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr S. Snorrnrr, of New Haven, in the county ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inCord Attachments for Sewing- Machines; and I do hereby declare thefollowing, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings andtheletters of reference marked thereon, to be a, full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of thisspecification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a perspective view; Fig. 2, a front end View; Fig. 3, a sideView from the right; Fig. i, a transverse section illustrating themethod of making a hem-stitched cord; Figs. 71., turning downward andrearward beneath Sand 6, transverse sections illustrating the i thepresser-foot, as seen in Fig. 3, the slot exmethod of making a plaincord. tending across the presser-foot to about the Thisinvention-relates to animprovementin' line of the cord. The needlepasses down the attachment for sewing-machines for the through thisslot; but the opening into the slot manufacture of what is commonlycalled from the top must be between the needle and piping-cordL-that isto say, a cordinclosed the folder. The presser-foot is. fitted with abya strip of fabric doubled around the cord, shank, C, for attachment tothe spindle; or and aline of'stitc-hes runthrough the two t-hickthepresser-foot may be otherwise attached. nesses close to the cord-theobject of the at- In use the strip to cover the fabric is introtachmentbeing to make what is commonly vduced,in the usual manner, between thewings known as hem-stitched cord that is to f f, as seen in Fig. 3, withthe cord between say, as seen in Fig. 4, in which a represents themandiu the tubularportion. The doubled strip (1 is introduced through thesloth, as seen in broken lines, Fig. 3, and so'as to bring its edgeclose to the cord, and so that as the cord and its covering are fedalong the strip d will be correspondingly fed, and the line of stitcheswill be laid through the strip (I- close to its edge and make thehem-stitched cord. I preferably construct the foot with a transverseslot, i,upon the opposite side, to lay the strip of fabric upon the cordin the usual manner, so that after the strip has been stitched to thecord-covering, as seen in Fig. 5, the strip may be turned over, as seenin Fig. 5, in which case the stitches are hidden. This is common cordattachments, and so that the strip of fabric to cover the cord isfolded, introduced between the two wings, the doubled edge into thetubular part c, with the cord be tween, the cord serving to hold thatdoubled portion in the tubular part and fold the fabric around the cord,as in common cord attach ments. Beyondthe folder, and on the edgeopposite the tubular portion, is a transverse slot,

(1, the doubled strip to be attached to the cord, the doubled edge laidupon the covering of the cord and close up to the cord, and so that aline of stitches may be run near the edge of the doubled strip 1 andthrough the fabric 1), so as to stitch the two together, and when sostitched the line of stitches and the doubled and make what is commonlycalled heinstitched cord; and the invention consists in a folder toreceive the cord and double the fabric which forms the covering andconduct it to the needle, with a transverse guide between the folder andthe needle, leading from above the common andnsual construction, and bythe cord-folder to beneath the p'resser-foot, retaining that slot in myimproved attachwhereby the folded strip to be attached to the ment I amenabledby this attachment to make cord may be introduced between thefolder i either the plain or hem stitch cord.

and the needle and onto the cord-strip, asi I claim The herein-describedattachment for sewingmachines, consisting of the corder l3, composedmore fully hereinafter described.

A represents the presser-foot, to which the i lar portion 6, as seen inFig. 2, and as in the presser foot.constructed with a transverse slot,

of the tubular portion 0 and wings ff, formed as an integral part ofsaid tubular portion, parallel with and distant from each other lessthan the internal diameter of the tubular portion, the space between thewings opening into said tubular portion, the said corder attached to ormade a part of the presser-foot A, the said the corder, substantially asdescribed.

JOSEPH S. SAOKETT.

Witnesses: Jos. O. EARLE, J SHUMWAY.

It, on the side opposite the tubular portion of-

